messroom

American  

[mes-room, -room] / ˈmɛsˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a dining room aboard ship or at a naval base.

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Etymology

Origin of messroom

First recorded in 1805–15; mess + room

Example Sentences

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messroom

For Negroes, routine duty between wars had been in the messroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

My own cabin occupied the starboard corner aft; forward from this was Henson's room, the starboard messroom, and in the forward starboard corner Surgeon Goodsell's room.

From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Robert E. (Robert Edwin) Peary

“I'm looking for two balloonatics,” said Talbott, as he came into the messroom; “and I think I've found them.”

From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall

It was Darry who spoke, as he and Joe were eating an early supper that night, in one corner of the messroom.

From Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck by Ralph Bonehill

Here were the grain-house, the hay stacks, wagon sheds, corrals, the kitchen, general messroom, the bunk house and private rooms for ourselves.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Thomas Carson